Onibaba /
Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio₂s tenuo...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | Japanese dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
226. |
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| Summary: | Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio₂s tenuous existence before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind₂s deepest desires and impulses. |
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| Item Description: | Title from sell sheet. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: audio commnetary from 2001 featuring director Kaneto Shindo and actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimua; interview from 2003 with Shindo; on-location footage shot by Kei Sato; trailer; plus: an essay by film critic Elena Lazic, a 2001 director's statement by Shindo, and a version of the Buddhist fable that inspired the film. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, wide screen; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Kiyomi Kuroda ; editor, Toshio Enoki ; music, Hikaru Hayashi. |
| ISBN: | 9781681438825 1681438828 |